Anderstorp (track)

Anderstorp track (Scandinavian track) ( Eng. Scandinavian Raceway ) - track in the city of Anderstorp ( Len Jönköping , Sweden ).

Understorp
Scandinavian raceway
Location	Anderstorp , Sweden
Geographical coordinates
Main events	Formula 1
Lap length	4,031 km
Turns	eight
Circle record in current configuration	1: 24,836 Nicky Lauda Brabham (1978)
Statistics in the world championships of Formula 1
First Grand Prix	Sweden 1973
Last Grand Prix	Sweden 1978
Grand Prix held	6 ( 1973 - 1978 )
Most victories in the Grand Prix on the highway
Pilot	Niki Lauda (2) Jody Schecker (2)
Team	Tyrrell (2)

The authorship of the project belongs to entrepreneurs Sven Osberg, Bertil Sanell and rally driver Oke Bengtsson. The construction involved an international standard racing track, an airstrip for an airfield and a platform for three thousand seats. The configuration of the track was developed by engineer Holger Ericsson. Work began in 1967, and in 1968 the first race was already held.

Initially, the track became the venue for several international automobile and motorcycle races. A little later, after negotiations with the International Automobile Federation and against the background of the peak period of the careers of the Swedish Formula 1 pilots Ronnie Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson , the Formula 1 stage was organized, which was held from 1973 to 1978. Other events were also held on the track, in particular, the AC / DC concert, the country's largest aviation exhibition and orienteering competitions. The track’s popularity time fell on this period and ended in connection with the death of Ronnie Peterson at the Italian Grand Prix in 1978 and the death of Gunnar Nilsson from cancer in the same year. After these events, it became more difficult to seek sponsors. The track hosted the world championship for cars in the 1980s, but in 2007 it again went on this track after its extensive reconstruction. Also here were the Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix until the 1990s. Since the 1990s, the popular events of automobile clubs have been held here. In 2010, more than thirty former Formula 1 racers were invited to the Scandinavian Race Legends event, but it failed and was canceled.

The track is notable for the only victory of the Formula 1 race cars of unconventional designs: the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 (1976) and the Brabham BT46B (1978) car-fan.

The track is located on a flat wooded area surrounded by swamps. The canvas was usually dirty, and the asphalt wore out rubber very much. The track was distinguished by some very long and slightly oblique turns, which created additional difficulties for the engineers to configure the machines. Because of this, often the struggle in the races was quite tight. The back straight line went along the runway. It is also noteworthy that the place of the boxes is not located on the starting line, but in another part of the route. In 1975, the boxes and the access to them were improved, and in 1978 at the end of the rear straight turn, Norra was rebuilt into an S-shaped bundle, which increased the track by 13 meters.

The track record for the car was set by the Dutchman Marin Vann Kalmtautom in 2009 at Benetton B197 (1997) - 1: 21,525, and on a motorcycle - by the American Wayne Rainey in 1990 at 50cc Yamaha - 1: 31,107.